Astronomers have discovered a primeval but the most pristine star ever found in the universe. According to a research team ...

Introduction -- 1. A Clever and Determined Wife -- 2. The Labyrinths of Heaven -- 3. Martyr to Astronomy -- 4. The Art of Navigation -- 5. Celebrities -- 6. Queen of Science -- 7. In the Shadow of ...

Astronomers hunting for evidence of the light from the first stars and galaxies have found that the universe was warm, rather than cold, before it "lit up." ...

Much has been learned about the early universe from studies of the remnant light that suffuses the cosmos. Studies of this ancient, leftover radiation, called the cosmic microwave background, allow ...